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May 12, 2021 at 15:42 vote accept Michael16
Sep 24, 2018 at 9:41 comment added Ruminator Isn't Isaiah 66:1 saying that God doesn't need a house? That unlike the gods of the nations, he has his own home already in the sky? I don't see that as hinting that he really needs the Jews to build a house for him. I don't think "where is the house?" is intended to shame them into building but rather saying "What house do you imagine I might need?" "The whole sky and land are mine and everything in them - why do I need a building and people serving me bread and animals?"
Apr 19, 2017 at 21:20 comment added Dɑvïd My hunch is that few scholars today would phrase it the way you have in your note, Dick. Worth reading H.G.M Williamson's introductory chapter in The Book Called Isaiah (OUP, 1994), if its accessible to you. My own sense is that the composition of Isaiah is a red herring here, but I can see why you've framed your answer the way you have. FWIW....
Apr 19, 2017 at 20:50 history edited Dick Harfield CC BY-SA 3.0
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Apr 18, 2017 at 16:11 comment added user17080 If you could, please add references to support the claim of multiple authorship for Isaiah, or at least a list of what markers in the text support this view. Three is probably a lower limit on the number of original content authors, plus editors and redactors. Did the concept of "the end times" even exist in Judaism in the period during which Isaiah was written? When did that concept evolve?
Apr 18, 2017 at 15:59 history edited user2910 CC BY-SA 3.0
Corrected the chapter span for trito-Isaiah.
Mar 14, 2017 at 21:11 history answered Dick Harfield CC BY-SA 3.0